Rick Posted August 2, 2012 Share #1 Posted August 2, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Quick question, does this lens use an o-ring on the hood threads to hold the hood snug like the WATE? My hood screws down fine but, it doesn't snug up tightly at all anymore. I am thinking that I lost the large o-ring. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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01af Posted August 2, 2012 Share #2 Posted August 2, 2012 Does this lens use an o-ring on the hood threads to hold the hood snug like the WATE? No, it doesn't. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share #3 Posted August 2, 2012 Thank you for the answer. I suspected it is something else. Maybe, I've mixed up my hoods. Do you have the correct hood number handy? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted August 2, 2012 Share #4 Posted August 2, 2012 Hello Rick, Welcome back. Best Regards, Michael Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmradman Posted August 2, 2012 Share #5 Posted August 2, 2012 There is black O ring, not easy to spot, it sits at the base of male thread, hood #12465. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share #6 Posted August 2, 2012 (edited) Mladen, thanks. So, you are saying that the lens should have an o-ring not the hood? This is what my WATE has. I'll contact NJ and have them send me one. EDIT: I just looked closely with a loop and my lens still has the o-ring (you are right, it is is hard to see) so, it is something else. I'll check my hood number when I get home tonight. Thanks for the help. Edited August 2, 2012 by RickLeica Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmradman Posted August 2, 2012 Share #7 Posted August 2, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Yes,not on a hood but lens body. "O" ring sits at the base of external thread on which you screw in lenshood, that is what gives resistance on last 1/4 turn. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
01af Posted August 2, 2012 Share #8 Posted August 2, 2012 There is black O ring, not easy to spot, it sits at the base of male thread ... Oops. Sorry! Mladen is right, there is an O-ring indeed. I stand corrected. Doh. Never noticed this ring so far in one year of ownership. I did notice the respective O-ring on the WATE. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share #9 Posted August 2, 2012 Thanks for the help. It is really odd that my hood screws on but, it don's have any resistance at the end as it should bind on the last 1/4 turn. Instead it just goes to the stop but, won't stay in position at all, loose as a goose. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppyman Posted August 2, 2012 Share #10 Posted August 2, 2012 I never noticed the O ring on mine either. It is indeed there The part number on my hood is 12465. The very similar hood (same thread size) on the Elmar M 24 is 12464. They don't interchange on my lenses. I recall at least one unconfirmed report here that the specs of the 35 hood may have changed during production to slightly different internal diameter (for filter clearance). Inevitably here is some tolerance range amongst individual hoods. For one individual lens I saw several nominally identical ones tried until one had the desired resistance. This was for a Forum member at the 2009 meeting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpalme Posted August 2, 2012 Share #11 Posted August 2, 2012 I guess it makes sense. I didn't notice that either. Sounds like a $200 repair for me right after warranty runs out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matlep Posted August 2, 2012 Share #12 Posted August 2, 2012 Keep in mind that you can´t have the o-ring and the hood on at the same time. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share #13 Posted August 2, 2012 (edited) Geoff, you might be on to something. Because here is the rest of my story. I marred the aperture ring and the front of the lens on a wall in Europe last summer so, I sent it to Leica before my warrantee expired to get them replaced. When I got it back last week all was fine but, my old hood spun loosely at the end and never bound down to the lens. As if, something was different. Edited August 2, 2012 by RickLeica Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppyman Posted August 2, 2012 Share #14 Posted August 2, 2012 Rick a two part response for you ;-) What were you thinking using the lens without the hood and damaging the front of your lens on that wall The hood can take the hit. That's about half the reason my lenses always have a hood on (mechanical protection) and I've been saved three times. 2nd When you got your lens back from Leica are you sure it has an O ring on it? I bet if you dropped a line to Customer service one would be in the mail for free. Geoff, you might be on to something. Because here is the rest of my story. I marred the aperture ring and the front of the lens on a wall in Europe last summer so, I sent it to Leica before my warrantee expired to get them replaced. When I got it back last week all was fine but, my old hood spun loosely at the end and never bound down to the lens. As if, something was different. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share #15 Posted August 2, 2012 (edited) Geoff, I didn't use the hood because, it was under warrantee. It is a good idea. It does have an o-ring and when I exchanged emails with Carmen (she is great) about maybe sending me a new hood, they sent me a UPS label and asked me to return it. Oh, well... But, I think they are just going to put a new hood on it and send it back to me. By the way, I mentioned the rattle but, it came back with even more pronounced rattle. Should have kept quiet about the rattle. Rick Edited August 2, 2012 by RickLeica Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 3, 2012 Share #16 Posted August 3, 2012 You should be proud of your rattle. It's a feature not a fault. Seriously, that is just the (necessary) play in the aperture blades. Many Leica lenses have it and it has been discussed before on this forum. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
01af Posted August 3, 2012 Share #17 Posted August 3, 2012 ... that is just the (necessary) play in the aperture blades. If the aperture blades were rattling then there would be a serious defect. In fact, the rattling noise does not come from the aperture blades but from a mechanical link between the external aperture ring and an internal ring that actually drives the aperture blades. That's how a Leica technician explained it to me. It's normal for the current Summilux-M 35 mm Asph. It also is normal that the rattling is slightly different between individual samples of this lens. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share #18 Posted August 3, 2012 You should be proud of your rattle. It's a feature not a fault. Seriously, that is just the (necessary) play in the aperture blades. Many Leica lenses have it and it has been discussed before on this forum. I just mentioned it to them because the lens was in for repair anyway. What I actually asked for was less of a metallic sound and more of a pleasant Latin maraca sound. I believe I would enjoy the lens more this way. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppyman Posted August 3, 2012 Share #19 Posted August 3, 2012 I feel discriminated against. Mine never rattled nor did the macarena from new, not even a discreet whisper of xylophone elevator music. I sent it for focus adjustment to the Australian agent who either did it here or had the world 's fastest round trip (~3weeks total) to Germany and it came back perfect. except that it STILL does not have even tap its toes. My whole orchestra of M lenses is entirely mute, or possibly tone deaf and ashamed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 4, 2012 Author Share #20 Posted August 4, 2012 Geoff... maybe it's time for you to visit the audiologist? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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